How to Build a Girl

2019 film directed by Coky Giedroyc
Movie film Q55590067
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Summary

How to Build a Girl is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,095 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Coky Giedroyc[3]
  • Screenwriter: Caitlin Moran[4], John Niven[5]
  • Genre: comedy film[6]
  • Based on: How to Build a Girl[7]
  • Cast member: Beanie Feldstein[8], Alfie Allen[9], Paddy Considine[10], Emma Thompson[11], Chris O'Dowd[12]
  • Producer: Alison Owen[13], Debra Hayward[14]
  • Production company: Film4 Productions[15], British Film Institute[16], Monumental Pictures[17]
  • Director of photography: Hubert Taczanowski[18]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[19]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[20]
  • Review score: 79%[21], 6.6/10[22]
  • Country of origin: United States[23], United Kingdom[24]
  • Publication date: 2019[25]
  • Distributed by: Lionsgate Films[26]
  • Narrative location: England[27]
  • Film editor: Gareth C. Scales[28]
  • Title: How to Build a Girl[29]
  • MPA film rating: R[30]
  • Duration: 102 minutes[31]
  • EIRIN film rating: R15+[32]
  • P14449: 215241[33]
  • P14671: 52662[34]
  • P14821: 4193072[35]

Why It Matters

How to Build a Girl has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  19. [21] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . filmratings.com. filmratings.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . eirin.jp. Retrieved . eirin.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'hu', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'nl']
    Allociné film id → 233050
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Allociné film id: 233050, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/304156435|How to Build a Girl (#304156435)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8255|AlloCiné film"
  2. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 4193072
    Filmová databáze film id → 175140
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 4193072, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269901|batch #269901]]"
  3. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14671 → 52662
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/43292|batch #43292]]: Create P14671 statements based on Rating certificate id qualifier"
  4. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Based on → How to Build a Girl
    Aliases → —
    P14449 → 215241
    Producer → Alison Owen, Debra Hayward
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38315|batch #38315]]: MovieLens IDs (part 2)"
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